How can you lose when your movie features giant monsters and giant robots to fight the monsters? That’s what the movie Pacific Rim offers and the blockbuster hit is due for sequels so it’s said.

The story is set in the near future when alien monsters of Godzilla proportions emerge from a dimensional rift in the Pacific Ocean. The monsters called Kaiju which is the Japanese name for those big monsters that have a tendency to stomp on Tokyo.

The movie stars Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket and Diego Klattenhoff as his brother yancy. Idris Elba is the leader of the super robot teams and Rink Kkuchi plays Mak Mori who wants revenge against the Kaiju for killing her family.

The giant robots are piloted by two people. They make the robots walk, run, fight, and rescue. The special effects for the movie are spectacular to the point of wanting to watch the movie over and over just to make sure you can believe what you’ve just seen. The robot teams battle these monsters who range from Category 1 to Category 4.

The robot teams gain the high ground until the alien forces behind creating the monsters up the ante and our heroes are backed against the wall to save Earth.

Actor Ron Perlman shows up as Hannibal Chau, an eccentric monster hunter who adds so much character to the movie he’s the reason to watch it again. He’s more entertaining than the giant monsters and robots.

So if you like your movies big and bad, then check out Pacific Rim either on streaming or DVD. There’s enough monster stomping to go around for sure.